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CA ANZ DEI SURVEY: REPORTS OF DISCRIMINATORY BEHAVIOUR DECLINING, BUT WOMEN STILL EXPERIENCE NEGATIVE BEHAVIOUR AT A GREATER RATE THAN MEN

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Chartered Accountants ANZ’s latest biennial Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Survey Report reveals that while reports of discriminatory behaviour have declined since 2021, women are still more than 2.5 times as likely to experience sexual harassment than men.   The survey of nearly 2,000 CA ANZ members revealed that 13% of women respondents reported experiencing sexual … Continued

Expert Alert: Unprecedented population expansion lifts Australia’s housing costs.

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Property data organisation Cotality, tallies Australian property price rises averaging 7.5 per cent nationwide, and 13.1 per cent in Perth, over the year to November 2025. Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) argues that Australia must stabilise its population to ease the pressure on housing population, effective through reducing Net Overseas Immigration (NOM) to 70,000 per annum. … Continued

China’s Guizhou achieved all-round agricultural and rural advancement over the past five years

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GUIYANG, China, Dec. 2, 2025 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/– Guizhou, China’s only mountainous province without plains, has developed modern, efficient mountain agriculture with local characteristics over the past five years and maintained steady and sound progress across various sectors, according to a provincial press conference on agricultural and rural development during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025). The … Continued

China’s Guizhou’s green agricultural products make way into Persian Gulf

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GUIYANG, China, Dec. 2, 2025 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/– The 2025 Middle East Organic & Natural Expo kicked off on Nov. 17 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where the Department of Commerce of Guizhou Province and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, jointly organized 16 enterprises to present a collective exhibition featuring more than 100 types of distinctive … Continued

UNSW experts available to comment on National AI Plan

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The following UNSW experts are available for comment:  Dr Sue Keay, Director of UNSW’s AI Institute, says:  “Australia has finally released a National AI Plan, and while it’s nice to see all the right ingredients listed, once again, we’re stuck with a recipe that forgets the actual cooking. The plan rightly lists everything we should be … Continued

End-of-year health check: be savvy, not spendy!

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End-of-year health check: be savvy, not spendy! It’s that time of year again. The days are flying by, your calendar’s filling up, and suddenly it’s December 31 before you know it. But here’s a friendly nudge from Frank: your extras reset at the end of the year, and if you don’t use them… you lose … Continued

Burnt out Aussies rush to health appointments before end of year

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Bupa research has revealed that 70 per cent of working Aussies have experienced burnout as demand for last-minute health appointments surges in December.   The data also suggests that almost one in four feel work is a barrier to maintaining their health, with 30 percent of Aussies saying they are too busy to properly maintain … Continued